Sir Alex Ferguson, bringer of peace, plus Lewis Hamilton

Women with curvy figures are likely to be brighter than waif-like counterparts and may produce more intelligent offspring, a US study suggests.

Pro-anorexia websites offering tips on extreme dieting are nothing new, but their growth on social networking sites is a disturbing new twist and brings them within reach of a wider audience.

Eleven years after Tomb Raider's curvaceous heroine Lara Croft wooed gamers, the icon is making a re-appearance in an adaptation of the original game.

Many young women with a healthy body size worry about how they look, a BBC survey suggests.

Barbie fans and fashionistas are set to splash £100,000 on the dolls as the world's largest collection is sold at Christie's.

Sindy returns after four years away, having revamped her style by removing her womanly shapes.

Motorola is hoping its new curvaceous Pebl mobile can replicate the success of the catwalk-thin Razr.

A world-class architect has teamed up with Brad Pitt to redesign a sedate English town - but they won't get a warm welcome from some locals.

Welcome to the Lunchtime Limerick, in which you supply the first line, and then you also supply the rest of the verse.

The black cab, Savile Row and the big red bus, all undeniable icons of the city, are facing an uncertain future.

As much an icon as Big Ben or Buckingham Palace, the curvaceous old Routemaster bus is retiring next year. But there's no shortage of admirers waiting to snap up a slice of transport history.

If you have every wanted to look like a pantomime dame, a costume sale at a theatre may have something for you.

The ad campaign for women without the airbrushing coming to a billboard near you. Breakfast discusses with the women behind the research.

A 4,000-year-old Iraqi relief of a naked woman is to go on a weekend museum tour of the UK.

As the Queen Mary 2 prepares to launch, BBC News Online goes aboard to see the finishing touches put in place.

See the best images from London Fashion Week and catch a glimpse of the latest trends.

BBC News Online's attends to Europe's largest and once very secretive arms fair to see what the defence industry is up to.

Full text of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech.

The rise of the middle classes in China could see demand for car ownership grow exponentially.